Posts tagged KS1
Pink Pony Club - Kidz Bop Version (5 Minute Rhythm & Rhyme)

Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to the KIDZ BOP version of ‘Pink Pony Club’ by Chappel Roan with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.

Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!

I Knew it, I Knew You (5 Minute Rhythm & Rhyme)

Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to ‘I Knew it, I Knew You’ from Toy Story 5 by Taylor Swift, with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.

Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!

Feed It (5 Minute Rhythm & Rhyme)

Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Feed It by The Candyskins, with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.

Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!

It Doesn't Matter (5 Minute Rhythm & Rhyme)

Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to It Doesn’t Matter by Nick Cope, with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.

Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!

Where Our Story Starts (Mardi Gras Anthem)

This year’s Mardi Gras anthem celebrates the Myths and Legends of the Isle of Wight! As part of our annual partnership with New Carnival Company Hub composer Jo Downs has written a new anthem to be sung at the opening of the Mardi Gras event in July.

Here you will find performance and backing track versions of the song along with a pdf of the score and a lyrics sheet. Please feel to learn this to sing along with the school who will be leading the big song for this on the day of the event. A sign and sing video for this will also be added shortly.

Where Our Story Starts (Performance track)
Jo Downs
Where Our Story Starts (Backing track)
Jo Downs
The Polar Bear and the Honey Bee (5 Minute Rhythm & Rhyme)

Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to The Polar Bear and the Honey Bee by Nick Cope, with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.

Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!

Mr Blue Sky (5 Minute Rhythm & Rhyme)

Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Mr Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra, with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.

Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!

The Fate of Ophelia (5 Minute Rhythm & Rhyme)

Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to The Fate of Ophelia by Taylor Swift, with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.

Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!

Myths & Legends Vocal Prom

Join us again for our junior prom event on the bowling green at Carisbrooke Castle!  Bring your students along for an opportunity to perform on the green with fantastic visibility for parents, friends and families to come along and watch on the raised areas around the green and bring a picnic.  This year our theme will focus on local stories, myths & legends as part of our Songs of Place project.

There are 6 songs in total to learn as follows for different Key Stages:

Key Stage 1 will need to learn 4 songs as follows -

Cheer for the Biosphere, March of the Rats, The Pied Piper and A Cockerel-headed Man (chorus only)

Key Stage 2 will need to learn 4 songs as follows -

Cheer for the Biosphere, A Cockerel-headed Man, Isabella di Fortibus and You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet

Songs

Cheer for the Biosphere by Jo Downs KS1 & KS2

This is a ‘list’ song similar to the 12 Days of Christmas and we will learn actions for each item on the list to help us remember them as we go. This is a list of all the unique flora and fauna that are found only in the Island’s incredible Unesco biosphere regions.

Cheer for the Biosphere (Full track)
Jo Downs
Cheer for the Biosphere (Backing)
Jo Downs

The Pied Piper of Newtown by Pam Wedgwood KS1

This is a set of two songs telling the story of the Pied Piper of Newtown. There are some narrations that go with this which will be assigned in workshops alongside some optional recorder parts for schools that might want to try them out!

March of the Rats

March of the Rats (Full track)
Pam Wedgwood
March of the Rats (Backing)
Pam Wedgwood

The Arrival of the pied piper

Arrival of the Pied Piper (Full track)
Pam Wedgwood
The Arrival of the Pied Piper
Pam Wedgwood

A Cockerel-headed Man by Jo Downs KS1 & KS2

This original song has been written about one of the famous pictures that make up the mosaic floor at Brading Roman Villa - Gallus the Cockerel-headed Man! This song has been written in the style of Victorian Music Hall as a nod to the time that the Villa was discovered.

A Cockerel-headed Man (Full track)
Jo Downs
A Cockerel-headed Man (Backing)
Jo Downs

You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet by David Redston KS2

This upbeat musical theatre style opening song is a general song preparing the audience for all the stories they will hear during the event! Schools will be assigned verses and parts and everyone will sing the choruses together.

You Ain't Seen Nothin Yet (Full track)
David Redston
You Ain't Seen Nothin Yet (Backing)
David Redston

Isabella Di Fortibus by Jo Downs KS2

This is a Hamilton style rap written about Carisbrooke Castle’s most famous resident - Isabella Di Fortibus! Verses will be assigned to different schools to learn and everyone will perform the chorus.

Isabella Di Fortibus (Full track)
Jo Downs
Isabella di Fortibus (Backing track)
Jo Downs
Survivor (5 Minute Rhythm & Rhyme)

Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Survivor by Destiny’ Child, with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.

Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!

Unbreakable (5 Minute Rhythm & Rhyme)

Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Unbreakable by Janelle Monáe & Kelly Clarkson from UglyDolls, with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.

Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!

Year of the Horse (5 Minute Rhythm & Rhyme)

Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Year of the Horse an original song by With Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.

Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!

Best Day of My Life (5 Minute Rhythm & Rhyme)

Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Best Day of My Life by American Authors With Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.

Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!

The Winter Games - A song for the Winter Olympics

We are delighted to share with you a newly commissioned original song by Jo Downs about the Winter Olympics!

The Winter Games is suitable for KS2 with some chanted elements and chorus that KS1 can join in with. Below you will find the full track a backing track, a pdf of the score and a lyrics sheet. We will be creating a sign and sing version of this in the next few weeks.

The Winter Games (Full Track)
Jo Downs
The Winter Games (Backing Track)
Jo Downs
Singing in the City (5 Minute Rhythm & Rhyme)

Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Singing in the City, an original song by Fiona Funnell for Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.

Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!

Who's at the Door (5 Minute Rhythm & Rhyme)

Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Who’s at the Door by Nick Cope with Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.

Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!

Butter (5 Minute Rhythm & Rhyme)

Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Butter by BTS for Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.

Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!

Lionheart (Fearless) (5 Minute Rhythm & Rhyme)

Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Lionheart (Fearless) by Joel Corry and Tom Grennan for Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.

Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!

Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing (5 Minute Rhythm & Rhyme)

Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing by Stevie Wonder for Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.

Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!

Light The Diya (5 Minute Rhythm & Rhyme)

Sing, learn the signs and do body percussion along to Light The Diya an original song by Jo Downs for Southampton & Isle of Wight Music.

Join in with our inclusive series of musical and sensory activities created for SEND pupils in Early Years and Key Stage 1. Featuring action songs, rhythms, rhymes and of course Makaton signs, join in with Vicky where you can!